No not really. They were early but I think At The Gates and In Flames were the two big ones.
I would say they did.
DT and IF were the bands you talket the most about among my friends in the 90s.
A bunch of whine coming from your end lately.
Looks like ND is going there even quicker.
edit: What the hell, why did I kill Agalloch? I thought about Enslaved, argh, i must be drunk.